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Multani mitti - clay pack to give sheen to Taj Mahal...

Well, mutani mitti ,a lime rich clay has been used by Indian women for years as a beauty treatment..! When applied mixed with little rose water as a pack on our face ,it wud give back shining colour to our face. The same is going to give Sahjahan's marvel in marble - Taj Mahal one of the seven wonders of the world.. In another month or two it will be applied to the mausoleum and left to dry for a couple of days till it flakes off and then wud be washed wid salt-free water..Hope it wud retain the colour of pure white sans the years of pollution which had decoloured it to yellow..!hmmm it wont do any harm to the monument! Though govt had limited the commuting vehicles nearby the monument ,still the mushrooming high-rise n over vehile population are on the rise n thus damaging our country's heritage. This mud pack treatment was a method used to clean the marble monuments in 16th century ! The same was done on Taj in the year 2002 too..well ,this is not the only monument to